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...tucking into terrine of foie gras with cèpes, fillet of red mullet and wild game pudding whipped up by a chef who used to work at one of London's most popular restaurants, the Ivy. Even the most discerning Parisian diners have been reserving tables at Le Chênevert, Galeries Lafayette's chic venue that opened in September to rave reviews...
...Paris, Galeries Lafayette has renovated its food department, Lafayette Gourmet, to include not just Le Chênevert, but also Le Bar Rouge, a sleek bistro with stainless steel communal tables and a blackboard menu offering grilled fish, sausages, salads and hearty soups to a business lunch crowd. Not to be outdone, rival Le Printemps has introduced several new restaurants, including The World Bar, decorated by designer Paul Smith, and Bar 01, which is staying open until 10 p.m. on Thursday evenings hoping to keep young shoppers inside the store. "If there is a good restaurant, customers will stay...
Bruno Quenioux, a manager at Galeries Lafayette's Le Chênevert, says the wine and food departments have already benefited from the six-month-old restaurant. "We have a six-page wine list, so I make a point of encouraging clients to try a new wine. Usually they buy it before leaving the store," he says. "The menu is seasonal with only the freshest ingredients from our Food Hall, so people want to take the ingredients home and try to make it themselves...
That's the business; how's the food? For the most part, it is both ambitious and good. But restaurant critics have pretty much ignored this in-store phenomenon - Le Chênevert, which has been awarded high marks by reviewers, and Harvey Nichols' Fifth Floor being the exceptions. Harrods chef Chris Allen, who learned his trade in some of London's most prestigious eateries, can't get anyone to review his Georgian Restaurant. "We are doing an incredibly high level of food," he says, as he gently stirs a lobster sauce for a salmon en croute dish. "I think...
...ch is slated to move up to the company's supervisory board this April. He will be succeeded as CEO by Bernd Pischetsrieder, who joined VW in 2000 after being forced out of rival BMW in the wake of the company's calamitous investment in Rover. With his insider knowledge of BMW's successful effort to create a high-end image, Pischetsrieder is expected to concentrate on brand building at VW, while trying to get the company's costs down. Some shareholders hope that he will also show more attention to the stock price than Piëch...